Wesley J. Smith

It’s been all quiet on the Al Gore front recently, as Climategate and the falsehoods in the IPCC report undermined the credibility of global warming hysteria—that is, the attempt to panic us into dismantling our economies, radically redistributing wealth, and empowering unelected . . . . Continue Reading »

Humane Watch has raved about my new book. Not surprising, you might say, since a blog dedicated to being a watchdog over the stealth animal rights organization, the Humane Society of the United States, is hardly likely to turn thumbs down. But still: If I had gotten it wrong, the writers of the blog . . . . Continue Reading »

I have two national radio shows scheduled next week for your listening pleasure.  The first is Dennis Miller on Monday, March 1, at 8:33 AM Pacific Time. (The program may air at a different time where you live.  Here’s the live link.) This will be my first time on Miller’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Joseph Bottum made the point here the other day , commenting on the tragedy in which a killer whale drowned one of his trainers, that humans have no moral claim to make against animals that would require them to respect our lives and bodily integrity. How can it be denied? That we have no rights . . . . Continue Reading »

When an orca drowned one of his trainers at Orlando’s Sea World, nobody discussed “punishing” or otherwise holding him morally accountable.  Indeed, the very notion is nonsensical, as a consequence of which, the question about “what to do” has properly revolved . . . . Continue Reading »

Late next week I will be in New York. Big doings.First, I have been asked to tape an interview for use on Penn and Teller’s Showtime program as the voice opposing assisted suicide.  It is my understanding that P and T are for assisted suicide, so I am to be the designated cannon . . . . Continue Reading »

Scientists are apparently getting ready to try and explain the lull in global warming over the last decade-+. From the story:Climate scientists must do more to work out how exceptionally cold winters or a dip in world temperatures fit their theories of global warming, if they are to persuade an . . . . Continue Reading »

Even as President Obama throttles down, trying to ram the presidential limo through the public opinion blockade erected by a huge majority of the people, the barricade is growing. A new CNN poll finds that only 25% of those polled want Obamacare to pass.  That’s a debacle for a man . . . . Continue Reading »

I knew Matthew Scully, the animal rights movement’s favorite conservative, would attack A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy.  When he did, I expected him to respect readers sufficiently to disclose that I criticized (and praised) his book Dominion.  He didn’t.  I didn’t . . . . Continue Reading »

As promised, here is another in a series of excerpts from my book criticizing the animal rights movement that I will post from time to time here at SHS.  We began with the conclusion of Dean Koontz’s wonderful preface. We now turn to the book in proper.I open by describing a visit I took . . . . Continue Reading »